Whether you love him or hate him, it is undeniable that Donald Trump has been stealing headlines ever since he rose to fame from sly talking businessman to president of the United States.
Opinions on Trump appear to sway between the extremes, the seriousness of his bigotry weakened by the he said/she said media dynamic that doesn’t appear to consider all of the facts on either side.
Introducing “Fahrenheit 11/9”; a documentary produced by Michael Moore with the intent of sharing all of the facts behind Trump’s presidential election. Moore’s satirical take down of America’s election system raises the question of whether a country can be considered democratic when the candidate with the most votes is not inaugurated.
R-rated for the language it uses, and the existentialism it elicits, Moore’s documentary did not receive the same box office support that his 2004 documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” did and it’s important to consider what this says about Trump’s effect on the media.
He creates fatigue; a tiredness caused by the mass media focus on the global chaos created by the new president of the United States.
The documentaries cinematic release bombed. With cinema being the object of escapism, the potential audience sees Moore’s new political documentary as further political white noise. Accompanied with the romanticisation of political uprising and resistance, Moore’s work is simple an echo of what he has already claimed; the insanity of this president trumps any media reports.
